Ultimately it's about overloading the muscle so it repairs bigger and stronger. Do whatever you feel really works the muscle and stays challenging. Once your workout gets easy, change it up a bit.
You'll get a good muscular pump in the guns doing 5 sets of 30 of curls holding 5kg dumbbells, it's got nothing to do with work or growth but it will sure give you a pump and crook elbows to boot.
Paul Carter managed to put half an inch on his biceps just curling the bar for as many reps as he could one day and 30kg for as many reps another day, so twice a week.
Heavy curls hurt my elbows and aggravate the torn biceps in my left arm but I seem to do fairly well training my back pulling muscles first, then hitting 2 reps shy of failure over about 10 sets for biceps
The weights are always going up though, which as you say is the most important thing
correct, I'm suggesting that trying to get a pump every workout is not productive and that you are already pumped without knowing.
So basically in order to get bigger, you can't shy away from increasing the weight on the bar? My question is alluding to Oni's comment in that my thighs today felt like it was going to explode, however when I do heavy squats for say 5 or 6 reps, it doesn't feel the same. Mind you I am doing say 3 or 4 sets followed by the same on leg press. Do I need to do more sets maybe?
No, that is not entirely true. You get to a point when you would need to overload the muscles for sure, but overloading here does not mean overloading with weights on a bar. That is why we have different methods in bodybuilding to overload the muscle fibres, that does not always constitute the addition of weights to a barbell. Taking less time to lift the same weight would be considered part of an overload method, and there are many of them to incorporate into your training when the need arises.So basically in order to get bigger, you can't shy away from increasing the weight on the bar?
No, that is not entirely true. You get to a point when you would need to overload the muscles for sure, but overloading here does not mean overloading with weights on a bar. That is why we have different methods in bodybuilding to overload the muscle fibres, that does not always constitute the addition of weights to a barbell.
Fadi.
You mean apart from adding weight to a bar?!Can you describe another method of stimulating growth please.
You mean apart from adding weight to a bar?!
Why such a question from an experienced lifter such as yourself Andy?! In any case, I've already done so in my original answer.Yes please.
Why such a question from an experienced lifter such as yourself Andy?!
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